cctalk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 69

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Mark Tapley wrote:
> At 18:30 -0600 1/23/07, Richard wrote:
>> Fine.  Its shared by two or more people, but its still an opinion and
>> not an axiomatically derived fact.
> 
> What's an "axiom"?

ax·i·om     /ˈæksiəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled 
Pronunciation[ak-see-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.	a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
2.	a universally accepted principle or rule.
3.	Logic, Mathematics. a proposition that is assumed without proof for 
the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.
[Origin: 1475–85; < L axiōma < Gk: something worthy, equiv. to axiō-, 
var. s. of axioûn to reckon worthy + -ma resultative n. suffix]

Peace...  Sridhar